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First Post—Module 3

A common form of training is cooperative training. There are two widely used cooperative training methods: internships and apprentice training. In both forms of training, there is a combination of classroom training (formal education) and on-the-job training (experience) that can be used for career development. Based on your experiences, discuss the added value of cooperative training. How do we as HRM professionals objectively determine the “value” of cooperative training? Then, discuss the problems of cooperative training that should be taken into consideration by human resource professionals. Finally, make a recommendation as to how cooperative training can be assessed and used for succession planning.

Support your post with additional information from at least two reputable sources (library and/or web-based). Cite your sources. Bring in your own personal experiences, if applicable.

 

Question 2

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Please answer the questions below. Use question and answer (Q&A) format for your response; in other words, include the original question along with your answer in the reply. Within your post support your responses with information from at least two reputable sources (library and/or web-based) and provide the full citation at the end. Use APA format for your references. Include your own personal experiences, if applicable.

  1. What position/positions in your organization are accountable for workplace relations in your organization? What impact do they have? What programs are in place to impact relations at work? Provide specific examples.
  2. If you were an HR manager in a private-sector organization, what key programs would you implement to improve employee-employer relations? Why?
  3. How would you determine the added value of your programs?

HRM671 LEARNING THEORIES AND TECHNOLOGY

 3 PAGES 

INTRODUCTION, BODY, AND CONCLUSION

Beau Street Runners, Ltd.

Beau Street Runners, Ltd (BSR) is a courier service with headquarter on Beau Street in a first-tier suburb of a megalopolis severing four co-joined big cities with many different ethiccommunities and massive transportation grids. BSR provides cabs, bicycles, vans and armored trucks for moving important packages between businesses in the various cities and surrounding suburbs (approx. 125 miles along a waterfront and 100 miles wide edging into foothills) in a “northern” climate with significant weather variations.

Obviously, security is an issue for BSR. Currently, they provide training programs on personal security and on the BSR’s standards for securing packages. Their standards are being met in all areas except customer service. Since customer service is about relationship building between customer and the runner, it may be challenging to build a learning solution that satisfies the need. However, your contact at BSR believes that their Runners are their ultimate image. Therefore, this customer problem needs to be fixed and they will do anything at all to fix it.

You have been hired to build a low-tech training solution for these associates. Based on the information below, what are the key cognitive issues, and memory/attention factors that you will consider in your designs? Based on that analysis of the essential learning needs, what learning theories and technologies would be most likely to meet the need? Explain your reasoning and support your opinions in a 2-3 page paper using APA format.
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BSR Runners:

· Age: 18-28 (average age 31)

· Gender: 68% are male; 32% are female

· Type of work:

· 35% are bicyclists specializing in very small packages of less than $500 value

· 15% are cab drivers

· 17.5% are van drivers

· 18.5% are truck drivers

· 13% are special-agents working only with highly insured packages ($100K plus) and special projects that may require days or weeks (e.g., moving museum pieces)

· 80% of the bicyclists indicate that this is first full-time job

· 25% of all employees indicate that this is a part-time second job

· 79% indicate that they have earned a Brown Belt or higher in at least one martial art while the rest indicate that they attend martial arts training

· Special agents earn more than $100k a year and the other runners are unaware that such agents exist

· When surveyed about the work bicyclists Runners indicated that:

· They enjoy the challenges of navigating the multi-city transportation grid but also find it stressful

· Carry a PDA with GPS, phone, internet and carry technology for tracking and managing packages and signatures from those accepting packages

· They are only paid when they work, so they have no “down time” in which to take training

· They enjoy physical aspects of the job and the high-alert energy they must maintain to stay secure and keep their packages secure.

· Extreme weather was their greatest hazard (after traffic) with winter days reaching into the -10 degree range regularly and summer days often near or over 100 degrees.

· A tally of the last 100 customer service complaints show that:

· 5:8 customers indicated that their courier was “curt” and “uncooperative”

· 3:10 customers indicated that their courier was unable to explain why their package arrived late

· 7:20 indicated that pick-up courier “scared them”, when asked for further information they said the following about individuals in various roles:

· The bicyclist courier’s looked weird and scary – like a cross between street people and a terrorist.

· The cab driver was foreign and didn’t seem to understand me

· The van driver or armored truck drivers and assistants had shifty eyes… always checking around them, I felt like they were waiting for someone to pop out from behind me and attach them.

Your paper should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Please include citations to support your ideas.

MANAGEMENT

MUST BE 800 WORDS 

1. There are several recommendations for documentation of performance and developmental activities. Describe three (3) recommendations and why you believe they are important.

2. In this video, Charles Rogel of DecisionWise discusses 5 myths concerning the process.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAA01x-xp6Q

After watching the video, please share your thoughts on any new learning you had from the video or ideas you may have for overcoming some of the possible concerns based on what the myths reveal.

FOR QUESTION 3 AND 4 Do not use outside resources for your answers. Make sure to include in-text citations with supporting reference.

3. Avett Manufacturing Company allows employees to purchase materials, such as metal and lumber, for personal use at a price equal to the company’s cost. To purchase materials, an employee must complete a materials requisition form, which must then be approved by the employee’s immediate supervisor. Brian Dadian, an assistant cost accountant, then charges the employee an amount based on Avett’s net purchase cost.

Brian is in the process of replacing a deck on his home and has requisitioned lumber for personal use, which has been approved in accordance with company policy. In computing the cost of the lumber, Brian reviewed all the purchase invoices for the past year. He then used the lowest price to compute the amount due the company for the lumber.

The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) is the professional organization for managerial accountants. The IMA has established four principles of ethical conduct for its members: honesty, fairness, objectivity, and responsibility. These principles are available at the IMA Web site: www.imanet.org.

Using the IMA’s four principles of ethical conduct, evaluate Brian’s behavior. Has he acted in an ethical manner? Why?

4. TAC Industries Inc. sells heavy equipment to large corporations and federal, state, and local governments. Corporate sales are the result of a competitive bidding process, where TAC competes against other companies based on selling price. Sales to the government, however, are determined on a cost plus basis, where the selling price is determined by adding a fixed markup percentage to the total job cost.

Tandy Lane is the cost accountant for the Equipment Division of TAC Industries Inc. The division is under pressure from senior management to improve income from operations. As Tandy reviewed the division’s job cost sheets, she realized that she could increase the division’s income from operations by moving a portion of the direct labor hours that had been assigned to the job order cost sheets of corporate customers onto the job order costs sheets of government customers. She believed that this would create a “win–win” for the division by (1) reducing the cost of corporate jobs, and (2) increasing the cost of government jobs whose profit is based on a percentage of job cost. Tandy submitted this idea to her division manager, who was impressed by her creative solution for improving the division’s profitability.

Is Tandy’s plan ethical?

Week 2 Project

 

Instructions

Review the following lectures:

The project assignment provides a forum for analyzing and evaluating relevant topics for this week on the basis of the course competencies covered.

Introduction

In the previous lecture, you were gathering some preliminary information in order to decide on the best approach to align the employees with a performance management plan. This is the second phase of the assessment.

Tasks

  • Evaluate two measures for the performance management system.
  • Analyze the key components for measuring results.
  • Analyze the key components for measuring behavior.
  • Assess the process to gather performance information.

To support your work, use your course and text readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

Submission Details:

  • Create a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document.
  • Name your file as SU_HRM5050_W2_Project_LastName_FirstName.

Perception

Factors that influence perception are 

1 Attitude (2 examples in real life)

2 Motives (2 examples in real life)

Follow APA style, and use one peer reviewed article 

intext citation and mention references.

STRAYER Assignment 2: Analysis on Food Security

                      

Assignment 2: Analysis on Food Security

The members of the United Nations found great value in the analysis you provided on the effects of global warming that result from population growth. They are now asking you write an additional analysis to include further issues related to population growth. 

Here is the issue they have asked you to consider:

The member states of the United Nations seek to build food systems that can provide global food security which will feed everyone, everywhere, every day by improving food quality though the promotion of effective and nutritional agricultural practices. The crucial issue is not the lack of food in the world but the access to that food. In many developing countries, food shortages are due to governmental control over food distribution. 

These governments maintain control of the population and their power by limiting access to nutritious food to certain groups. In this practice, they thereby “weaponize” food. Your second project as a consultant for the United Nations is to develop an analysis that addresses three issues related to global food insecurity caused by global population growth and poverty, and to explore these issues in a developing country of your choosing. The UN has given you the following guidelines.ContentThe UN has asked that your paper contain three sections. Each section should be one page (or approximately 300 words) in length and answer specific questions, identified in the outline below. It also asks that you use examples from your developing country when answering the questions. IntroductionProvide an introduction of half a page minimum that addresses points a-e below.Explains the problem the UN has asked you to address in your own words;Identifies the three sections your paper will cover;Identifies the developing country you will consider;Tells the UN the causes of food insecurity; andProvides a one-sentence statement of your solutions at the end of your introduction paragraph.Section I. BackgroundWhat is food insecurity?What role does population growth play in food security?Section II. Technologies That Can Reduce Hunger and Improve Food SecurityWhat forms of technology can be used to reduce hunger and improve food security?How would these technological solutions work?What causes of food insecurity do these technologies address?Section III. Specific Factors in Chosen Developing CountryConsidering the causes of food insecurity, what factors interrupt the flow of food from the source to the people in the developing country you selected?             ConclusionProvide a conclusion of half a page minimum that includes a summary of your findings that the United Nations can use to inform future policy decisions.Success TipsIn answering each question, use examples from your developing country to illustrate your points. The UN needs facts and objective analysis on which to base future policy decisions; avoid personal opinion and make sure your answers are based on information you find through research. Formatting RequirementsMake sure your paper consists of four PAGES 

.Create headings for each section of your paper as follows:  Section I. BackgroundSection II. Technologies That Can Reduce Hunger and Improve Food SecuritySection III. Specific Factors in Chosen Developing CountryUse and cite at least five credible sources in your research. A list of potential resources is available below.Make sure your paper contains both in-text citations and a source list, per SWS guidelines: Refer to the Strayer Writing Standards (SWS) document for reference. Include a cover page with your name, the country you selected, the date you submitted the paper, and your instructor’s name.Potential SourcesPeter Timmer. May/June 2015. Food Security and Scarcity: Why Ending Hunger Is So Hard. Foreign Affairs. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/food-security-and-scarcity-why-ending-hunger-so-hardThe United Nations Population Division. 2017. World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision. https://www.un.org/development/desa/publications/world-population-prospects-the-2017-revision.htmlWill Martin. November 5, 2010. Food Security and Poverty: A Precarious Balance. Let’s Talk Development blog by The World Bank. http://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/food-security-and-poverty-a-precarious-balance The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is as follows:Propose a plan to address the issue of global food security in underdeveloped countries that considers the impact of prior solutions.